Beginning subsequent Tuesday, nationals from Eswatini shall be required to use for a visa when planning to journey to Hong Kong after the federal government has determined to cancel the visa-free association for guests from the southern African Kingdom.

As well as, on Tuesday, the Immigration Division confirmed that guests from the nation in transit who remained within the airside zone would even be topic to visas, VisaGuide.World studies.

With a view of guaranteeing a correct steadiness between facilitating the entry of real guests and the necessity to safeguard the integrity of immigration management, the visa coverage is topic to fixed overview. Adjustments shall be launched if circumstances warrant.

The division spokesperson mentioned that Hong Kong has adopted an open visa coverage below which nationals of about 170 nations and territories are eligible to go to Hong Kong with out visas for intervals starting from seven to 180 days.

At current, holders of Hong Kong Particular Administrative Area (HKSAR) passports require a visa to go to Eswatini.

The spokesman recalled HKSAR passport holders to examine with authorities in Eswatini on the most recent visa necessities earlier than heading to this nation.

Eswatini is positioned within the 128th place within the Passport Index of VisaGuide.World, whereas Swazi passport holders are eligible to journey visa-free to 46 nations.

The Passport Index ranks 199 nations by way of the energy of their passports, revealing that Swazi passport holders can apply for e-visas for a complete of 12 nations, or extra particularly, Angola, Ivory Coast, Djibouti, Georgia, India, Kyrgyzstan, Qatar São Tomé and Príncipe, South Sudan, Suriname in addition to Taiwan.

However, holders of Hong Kong passports are eligible to journey visa-free to a complete of 140 nations worldwide. The Hong Konger passport occupies the forty fourth place within the Passport Index of VisaGuide.World, primarily based on the January replace.

On the similar time, 19 nations subject eVisas for Hong Konger passport holders, or extra particularly, Azerbaijan, Bhutan, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Georgia, Guinea, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Tajikistan, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam.

Residents of Hong Kong are required to get a visa on arrival in 29 nations and are topic to visa necessities when planning to journey to 38 nations.

Regardless of being extremely affected by the unfold of COVID-19, the tourism business in Eswatini has considerably improved, with the nation intensifying efforts to convey a bigger variety of internationals to this territory.